Brandon Brant
I go back and watch a few of my videos. I watch a couple of my good runs and a couple of my bad runs. I critique my hands, my speed, and all the variables that judges are looking for. To remind myself, ‘alright, you got to be slow here, you need to run here.’ The biggest thing that I’ve got to remind myself constantly is to unplug myself When I show I tend to get a little bit intense.
Jesse Beckley
I like to repeat the pattern at home so that when I get closer to the event I have already been there. I try to put myself in the right mind frame and think about all the intricate details putting it together exactly how I will do it in the show pen.
Kari Klingenberg
I like to visualize my patterns and really think about where my strengths are on that particular horse, where I can show them off, and where I need to safety up. If I’m lucky enough to have one where everything is good, where I can just put my hand down and show, I still visualize.
Jack Medows
I don’t think I’ve mastered that yet. My nerves still kick in sometimes. So, I just really try to be as in sync with the horse as possible. That’s why I have a lot of my horses at home. I feel like if I have them at home, we know each other so well that when we go on the show pen, and things are kind of moving quickly and everything’s going a little faster for both of us that now we just know each other, and we don’t scare each other. Honestly, our cues are a lot different in the show pen. So having it be more instinct and less reaction. It works really well, so even when I get nervous, our connection just makes us be able to show better.